Brickle Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Got my car for a great deal from a friend of mine. He got it for an even better deal because the guy that sold him the car thought he blew the engine. My buddy picked up a used, with less than 1k miles, VF40 and slapped it in, and the car runs fine. The only mod I have done so far is a COBB Catless UP. I remembered my friend telling me he remembered something blocking the vacuum line coming off of the turbo, (the one that looks like a T), so he removed it and replaced the line. After doing some research, I found that he removed the freaking RESTRICTOR PILL, and as well as having a boost leak from a bad inlet hose (being replaced tomorrow), I'm probably screwing up my car not having the pill in there. I don't drive it hard because of the boost leak, but it can't be good for my car to not have that restrictor pill in there. I live right down the road from PIA in Puyallup, a great Subie shop. I called to see if they sold the stock restrictor pills for the 05 LGT, but they only seem to carry the ones for a WRX of the same year. I saw on mickeyd2005's thread that the 05 LGT pill and the 05 WRX pill are slightly different size. I was wondering if I could get away with using the slightly smaller WRX pill on my stock LGT without a tune or anything major needing to be done to the car? Thanks P.S. I need to get one ASAP so I can put it in tomorrow when my inlet hose is disconnected. I'd like to get it all fixed up as quickly as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Capacity Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 You will need a tune for the smaller pill. Keep it out of to much boost untill it's tuned. My tuuner put a small wire splice in my hose so it's even smalled opening. But he knows what he's doing. Been at 21psi for many years now. 305,600miles 5/2012 ej257 short block, 8/2011 installed VF52 turbo, @20.8psi, 280whp, 300ftlbs. (SOLD). CHECK your oil, these cars use it. Engine Build - Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Th3Franz Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 No restrictor pill = wastegate boost pressure 9-10 PSI The WRX and LGT restrictor pills aren't THAT different. Run the WRX pill and see what your peak boost is. If it's too high, then adjust the tune or the pill. -Franz The end of a Legacy http://www.youtube.com/th3franz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRM Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 I have two pill/vacuum line assembly if you need one pm me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickle Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 Well I don't have a tune or really a way to check peak boost at the moment. Gonna go stage 1 open source when I get the funds for an e tune. Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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